Telephone base and index



Aug. 26, 1952 G. w. TORRENCE TELEPHONE BASE AND INDEX Filed June 2l. 1949 INVENToR. GEOQGE W. TonQENcE /77704 New Patented Aug. 26, 1952 2,608,024 I. f 'i "i:nnn'rriorntBast;inznrligxijrsxi .'I'y 1-...13

George W. Torrence, Wilmington, Del. u Application June 21, 1949,'sena1-Nt`. 1:09AMr y' This invention relates to: "improvements in telephone attachments, and more rparticularly to a baseadapted to receive an alphabetic index ytablet,,memorandum pad, or vsimilar objects. A -rnain-fobject ofthewinvnftion is to provide 1 jaflnovel and improved telephone stand I adapted toA housean alphabetical-vindexpad ory the like, said stand being very simple in construction, being very easy to install. and providing very convenient access to the alphabetical index pad or other memorandum device which may be housed in the stand.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved telephone-supporting device of the type having means for housing an alphabetic index device or other memorandum means, the support device being very compact in size, being neat in appearance, and being very inexpensive to manufacture.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claim, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of an improved telephone stand constructed in accordance with thel present invention, said stand being shown with a telephone, in dotted view, mounted thereon;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the telephone stand device of Figure 1, taken on line 2--2 of Figure l;

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1; k

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view 'taken on line 4--4 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings, the telephonesupporting stand comprises a generally rectangular pan member II conforming in horizontal plan to the size and shape of the base portion of a conventional telephone set, shown in dotted view at I2. The pan member II has a bottom wall I3, side walls I4, I4, a rear wall I5, and a front wall IB. Secured to the corner portions of bottom wall I3 are the supporting feet I1, which may be of deformable material, such as felt, or the like, to protect the surface subadjacent the device against being scratched or marred. The top margins of the side walls I4, I4 are formed with inwardly-directed anges' I8, IB and the top margins of the front and rear walls I6 and I5 are formed with respective inwardly-directed anges I9 and 20, said flanges terminating short of the corners of the pan member II to define open corner spaces adapted to receive the corner supporting feet of a conventional telephone set.

in dotted view at 2 I. "phone set'are-thus 'received -in the corner spaces 1 claim. (cris-'5) a InFigure the .positionsof said feet are shown When the Vfeet of the teleofzlgthepan member, the'body of the telephone lset willv be supported-,on the yflanges I8,-ENVIES and. 20, 4and thel telephone set will be lsubstantially ush with the walls off the pan member.

The front wall I6 of the pan member is formed with the horizontally-extending slot 22. Secured to the front and rear Walls I6 and I5 and extending adjacent and parallelto the side walls I4, I4 are the respective longitudinal guide rods 23, 23. Slidably mounted on the bottom wall I3 and slidably extensible through slot 22 is a tray member 24. Tray member 24 is formed at its rear corners with upstanding side lugs 25, 25 extending outwardly adjacent the guide rods 23, 23 andv inwardly adjacent the side walls I4, I4 of the pan member. The tray member is further formed along its side margins with upstanding longitudinal anges 26, 26 extending for the major portion of the length of the tray member and being located inwardly adjacent the guide rods 23. 23.

A conventional alphabetical index device 21 may be secured on the tray membery 24, said device 2T having a front finger tab 28 which extends outwardly of the slot 22 when the tray member is in its fully-housed position in the pan member. the tray member 24 and the index devicev 21 to pass therethrough Ywhen the tray rmember is pulled forwardly by means of the nger tab 28 of the index device. As shown in Figure 2, the index device 21 terminates short of the outer guide ilanges 25, 25, so that the tray member 24 may be drawn outwardly to a position fully uncovering the index device 21 to allow said index device to be opened. In this outwardlydrawn position, the guide flanges 25, 25 abut the side portions of front Wall I6 adjacent the ends of slot 22 to prevent complete withdrawal of the tray member 24. When the tray member I is returned to its fully-housed position in pan member II, the rear ends of flanges 25, 25 abut the rear corners of the pan member.

Any desired type of index device, memoran.

v dum pad, or the like, may be secured on the tray member 24k in place of vthe specific index device shown in the drawings.

While a specific embodiment of an improved telephone-supporting device and holder for an alphabetical index have been disclosed in the foregoing description, it will be understood that various modications within the spirit of the in- The slot 22 is large enough to allow ends terminating contiguous to and spaced from l the adjacent side Walls of said pan,qa=pair cfg-fu horizontally disposed guide bars arranged longitudinally of and interiorly offsai'd pain"and` each supported in a space intermediate-thefadf, `1 jacent end of said slot and the adjacent side wall of said pan, a tray member positioned W'ifthin said pan and mounted therein for longitudi-'rrai extensil and retractiiefmovmntfthrugh iandforfliiifiitih the' extensilerriovementfoi' said 25 1,425,559

'Y vvsaid im ns-"omprising 'annp'standing .lug gdf-lng'itudi-riallyft and fs'paced outwardly of each of the sides of said tray member adjacent the end remote from the pan end Wall having the opening and engageable with one side of the adjacent guide bar, and an upstanding flange arranged longitudinally of and along each of the sides of said tray member and extending from the end of the tray member adjacent the pan end wall having the opening, and terminating at a point spaced from the adjacent lug,

fsa'dfange beinjg-engagablewthithe ofther side ofthe "adjacent" guide ba-each of said lugs being of a height greater than that of the open- I ging in said pan end Wall with each of the iianges beingaofma height less than that of the opening in said pan end Wall.

GEORGE W. TORRENCE. 

